Bats, waterways and “very significant carbon emissions” have been cited by Ryanair in its High Court challenge to plans to construct a €200 million underground cargo tunnel at Dublin Airport. The airline also complains that the loss of two aircraft stands, as a result of the project, contradicts the Dublin Airport Local Area Plan. It […]
Judge Mary Morrissey in the Circuit Civil Court today approved a €15,000 settlement offer for a 13-year-old Cork schoolgirl who was injured when a Ryanair plane suddenly depressurized on its way to Croatia. Barrister James Daly told the court that as a result of a sudden depressurization of the passenger cabin oxygen masks were deployed […]
Andrew Gore expected a treat for his 47th birthday: flying with his wife Victoria and 10 other people for a week’s holiday on Spain’s Costa Brava. But after an extraordinary mix-up at Bristol airport, the couple from Mountain Ash in South Wales were put on the wrong Ryanair plane – away from their family and […]
Ryanair cannot sue the Italian competition and antitrust authority in Ireland over a search of its Dublin headquarters last March, the High Court has ruled. Mr Justice Max Barrett dismissed the airline’s case against the Italian Autorità Garante Della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) for want of jurisdiction by the Irish courts. Ryanair DAC and […]
Christmas and winter air fares to and from Dublin Airport are expected to soar over a limit on the number of passengers allowed to pass through the state’s biggest airport, Ryanair has warned. Ryanair and other airlines have long called for the removal of the cap limiting Dublin Airport to 32 million passengers a year. […]
Ryanair has posted a 34 per cent year-on-year increase in annual profit to a record €1.92 billion. The airline expressed “cautious optimism” that peak summer fares would be flat to modestly ahead of last year. The result was slightly ahead of the €1.91 billion profit expected by analysts. Ryanair, Europe’s largest by passenger numbers, also […]
A Ryanair passenger plane is parked at Cologne/Bonn Airport. Irish budget airline operator Ryanair Holdings reported guests of 17.3 million for the month of April, 2024, compared to 16.0 million, a year ago, an increase of 8%. Thomas Banneyer/dpa Irish budget airline operator Ryanair Holdings reported guests of 17.3 million for the month of April, […]
The High Court is being asked to overturn a decision permitting Aer Lingus to appeal over Ryanair’s plans for a €40 million aircraft maintenance hangar at Dublin Airport. Ryanair alleges An Bord Pleanála made errors in giving Aer Lingus leave to appeal Fingal County Council’s December 2023 grant of permission for the hangar, which would […]
Ryanair expects Boeing to deliver 40 new jets by mid-July, chief executive Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday, broadly in line with a revised schedule it had previously announced. Speaking at a news conference in Rome, O’Leary said Ryanair plans to receive 35 planes from Boeing by the end of June and a further five in […]
Ryanair has issued High Court proceedings claiming a search of its premises by officials from competition authorities in Ireland and Italy, accompanied by gardaí, was conducted with an alleged invalid warrant. The airline is asking the court to quash the warrant, issued by the Dublin Metropolitan District Court last March 8th, on grounds claiming that […]
Spain’s Supreme Court has declared changes to working conditions for Ryanair’s local staff, including pay cuts and fewer rest days, which the airline implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic in July 2020, null and void. The court dismissed an appeal by the Irish airline against a 2021 High Court ruling which struck down changes in contracts made […]
Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air both saw jumps in the number of passengers taking their flights in February. Ryanair, the larger of the two companies, said it carried 11.1 million passengers last month – an increase of 5 per cent from the 10.6 million people who took a Ryanair flight in February 2023. Its […]